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New York-Central Park, NY

40.779°N, 73.969°W · station NYCthr · 158 years of record
63°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for New York-Central Park.
68°WED9/268°THU9/370°FRI9/467°SAT9/564°SUN9/663°MON9/764°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at New York-Central Park — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#65 / 157
coldest Sep 7 in 157 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

48°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 7 ever

79°F
set in 1881
Forecast low 63°F — 65th coldest Sep 7 of 157 years · record 48°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1869: 72°F1870: 60°F1871: 59°F1872: 63°F1873: 55°F1874: 63°F1875: 63°F1876: 52°F1877: 54°F1878: 62°F1879: 67°F1880: 75°F1881: 79°F1882: 63°F1883: 52°F1884: 72°F1885: 54°F1886: 68°F1887: 68°F1888: 49°F1889: 67°F1890: 71°F1891: 66°F1892: 56°F1893: 60°F1894: 63°F1895: 67°F1896: 66°F1897: 70°F1898: 63°F1899: 55°F1900: 73°F1901: 71°F1902: 61°F1903: 57°F1904: 57°F1905: 63°F1906: 66°F1907: 66°F1908: 67°F1909: 59°F1910: 70°F1911: 65°F1912: 71°F1913: 66°F1914: 63°F1915: 70°F1916: 65°F1917: 55°F1918: 58°F1919: 70°F1920: 64°F1921: 67°F1922: 62°F1923: 67°F1924: 48°F1925: 63°F1926: 63°F1927: 63°F1928: 57°F1929: 70°F1930: 66°F1931: 59°F1932: 63°F1933: 68°F1934: 65°F1935: 59°F1936: 60°F1937: 55°F1938: 60°F1939: 56°F1940: 59°F1941: 68°F1942: 60°F1943: 71°F1944: 66°F1945: 66°F1946: 61°F1947: 71°F1948: 66°F1949: 54°F1950: 57°F1951: 60°F1952: 62°F1953: 66°F1954: 70°F1955: 60°F1956: 70°F1957: 68°F1958: 66°F1959: 68°F1960: 61°F1961: 67°F1962: 51°F1963: 52°F1964: 59°F1965: 64°F1966: 61°F1967: 60°F1968: 66°F1969: 74°F1970: 62°F1971: 70°F1972: 58°F1973: 65°F1974: 57°F1975: 61°F1976: 53°F1977: 67°F1978: 65°F1979: 73°F1980: 71°F1981: 66°F1982: 62°F1983: 75°F1984: 53°F1985: 74°F1986: 58°F1987: 68°F1988: 50°F1989: 59°F1990: 70°F1991: 63°F1992: 64°F1993: 67°F1994: 59°F1995: 70°F1996: 70°F1997: 63°F1998: 65°F1999: 73°F2000: 54°F2001: 65°F2002: 61°F2003: 61°F2004: 60°F2005: 62°F2006: 61°F2007: 70°F2008: 70°F2009: 60°F2010: 68°F2011: 62°F2012: 69°F2013: 59°F2014: 65°F2015: 70°F2016: 71°F2017: 59°F2018: 69°F2019: 56°F2020: 66°F2021: 65°F2022: 65°F2023: 76°F2024: 63°F2025: 59°F63° forecast45505560657075801870188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 763°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record48°F
This-date rank#65 of 157
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-15°F (1934)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1869–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at New York-Central Park in each calendar month, and for the whole 1869–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan72°FJan 26, 1950-6°FJan 24, 1882
Feb78°FFeb 21, 2018-15°FFeb 9, 1934
Mar86°FMar 29, 19453°FMar 5, 1872
Apr96°FApr 18, 197612°FApr 1, 1923
May99°FMay 19, 196232°FMay 6, 1891
Jun101°FJun 29, 193444°FJun 1, 1945
Jul106°FJul 9, 193652°FJul 1, 1943
Aug104°FAug 7, 191850°FAug 27, 1885
Sep102°FSep 2, 195339°FSep 30, 1912
Oct94°FOct 5, 194128°FOct 27, 1936
Nov84°FNov 1, 19505°FNov 30, 1875
Dec75°FDec 7, 1998-13°FDec 30, 1917
All-time106°FJul 9, 1936-15°FFeb 9, 1934

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at New York-Central Park so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

2 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 7, 1908

Coldest high ever

2°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 30, 1917
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan59°FJan 4, 19506°FJan 24, 1882
Feb58°FFeb 24, 20174°FFeb 5, 1918
Mar66°FMar 31, 199810°FMar 5, 1872
Apr76°FApr 18, 200230°FApr 5, 1881
May76°FMay 31, 198743°FMay 3, 1873
Jun81°FJun 26, 195252°FJun 2, 1907
Jul84°FJul 7, 190861°FJul 6, 1956
Aug84°FAug 14, 190859°FAug 31, 1911
Sep79°FSep 7, 188151°FSep 19, 1875
Oct75°FOct 4, 189838°FOct 30, 1925
Nov67°FNov 2, 197114°FNov 30, 1875
Dec63°FDec 24, 20152°FDec 30, 1917
All-time84°FJul 7, 19082°FDec 30, 1917

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

62 days
record run, ended Feb 3 1873

So far in 2026

53 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from New York-Central Park's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 65°F · forecast is -2° vs normal.
Jan: 40°FJan: 27°FFeb: 42°FFeb: 29°FMar: 50°FMar: 35°FApr: 62°FApr: 45°FMay: 72°FMay: 54°FJun: 80°FJun: 64°FJul: 85°FJul: 70°FAug: 84°FAug: 68°FSep: 76°FSep: 62°FOct: 65°FOct: 51°FNov: 54°FNov: 42°FDec: 45°FDec: 33°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:22 AM
Sunset6:29 PM
Solar noon11:56 AM
Daylight13h 06m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.78°N, 73.97°W

Nearby Stations

New York-LGA, NY4 mi ENewark, NJ12 mi SWNew York-Kennedy Airport, NY14 mi SEIslip, NY45 mi EBridgeport, CT51 mi NETrenton, NJ56 mi SW

The Last 6 Weeks

New York-Central Park's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
New York-Central Park, NY — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against New York-Central Park's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
New York-Central Park, NY — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1869

Each cell is one day's low at New York-Central Park, coloured by temperature — 158 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
New York-Central Park, NY daily low heat map 1869–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at New York-Central Park — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
53 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 100th most in 158 years. Normal for this point: 58. Record: 86 in 1887.

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